Education:
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University College Cork, Ireland (March, 2018)
Thesis Title: Cognitive radio adaptive rendezvous protocols to establish network services for a disaster response (PDF DOWNLOAD)
Advisors: Professor Cormac J. Sreenan and Professor kenneth N. Brown
MS in Computer Science and Engineering (2008 - 2010)
Hanyang University, South Korea
Thesis Title: An Efficient Trajectory Design for a Wireless Sensor Network
Advisors: Professor Sunghyun Cho and Professor Sung-Han Park
B.E. in Computer Systems Engineering (2001 - 2005)
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Teaching experience:
Assistant Lecturer (September 2020 to date)
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
Lab Instructor (2013/14/15/16)
University College Cork, Ireland
CS-2505: Network Computing Lab
Lecturer (2010-2012)
COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan
Academic and Research council member
ATU Research Ethics Committee
Atlantic Technological University, Ireland
Courses and Workshops Attended:
1. TGI-NO-12 : "Information Centric Networking Technologies & Applications" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, Ireland, 2015.
2. TGI-NO-11 "Towards NFV-based Mobile Video Delivery : Challenges & Opportunities" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, University College Cork, Ireland, 2015.
3. TGI-SO-9 "Privacy and Online Social Networks" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, University College Cork, Ireland, 2014.
4. TGI-NO-6 "Network Embedded Systems" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, University College Cork, Ireland, 2014.
5. TGI-NO-11 "Software De ned Networking" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, University College Cork, Ireland, 2014.
6. TGI-NO-4 "Cognitive Radio" under The Telecommunications Graduate Initiative Program, University College Cork, Ireland, 2013.
7. CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator) Training Course from CTTC Karachi, Pakistan, November 2007.
8. CCNP (Cisco certified Network Professional) Training Course from CTTC Karachi, Pakistan, June 2006.
9. MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Training Course from CTTC Karachi, Pakistan, February 2006.
Professional experience:
1. ITOCHU Corp., Karachi, Pakistan (2008)
Network Administrator
2. BIZTEK Institute of Technology, Karachi, Pakistan (2006 - 2008)
Network Administrator
3. S.G. Fibre Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan (2005 - 2006)
Jr. Network Engineer
Current modules
2022-2023
Undergraduate:
Secure Wireless and Software Defined Networking (Year 4)
Secure Systems Administration (Year 2)
Cybersecurity (Year 2)
Automation (Year 2)
Postgraduate:
Information Security Management I (MS)
Information Security Management II (MS)
Cloud Data Storage and Management (PGDip in Emerging Technologies)
Previous modules
Undergraduate modules:
Data Communication Networks
Digital Communications
Cybersecurity
Secure Infrastructure
Secure Systems Administration
Automation
Secure Communications and Infrastructure
Services Management
Network Fundamentals
Electrical circuits
Postgraduate modules:
IT systems for Healthcare
Cloud Data Storage and Management
Information Security Management I
Information Security Management II